Karina Smirnoff has revealed that she is working on several new projects.

The dancer was cut from Dancing With The Stars earlier this year but insisted that she will still be involved in the show.

"I didn't leave completely," she told OK. "I am still going to be involved with the show and doing behind-the-scenes stuff."

Smirnoff added that because she is not training with a celebrity, she has more time for other things.

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She explained: "When you do Dancing With The Stars, you have no time to do anything else because it's literally from the moment you wake up to the moment that you go to bed, so now I have time to finish other projects. I have two TV projects that I am working on and my Bear Paw line of shoes. We are spicing it up."

Smirnoff praised the new Dancing With The Stars cast and revealed that she is excited about watching the show.

"I am going to put my money on either Evan Lysacek or Nicole [Scherzinger] from the Pussycat Dolls because they are both handsome and beautiful and they have the personalities," she explained. "They are current."

She also hinted that she could return to the competition in the future.

"I'll miss being on the show this season, but who knows what will happen next season," she said.